The Town of Diamond Valley is set to become Alberta’s newest community Sunday after the two town councils approved a merger earlier this year. Barry Crane, who will be the town’s first mayor, said the Diamond Valley Sustainability Committee is hosting a New Year’s Eve celebration to mark the occasion.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Turner Valley and Black Diamond are located approximately four kilometres from each other, connected by Highway 22. They are close to 65 kilometres southwest of central Calgary and 22 kilometres west of Okotoks. The towns were previously split in their intentions as a 2007 plebiscite saw Turner Valley residents approve of a coming together while Black Diamond residents disapproved.
“We expect to deliver the same services and find some efficiencies and capture more diverse ways of launching programs,” Kelly said to Postmedia at the time. Crane said the decision to amalgamate came after decades of discussions and ideas taking place over the viability of becoming one community. The mayor said the final decision to merge comes down to streamlining services and saving costs for the taxpayer.Article content
“We’re on the same garbage truck. We have the same water plant that serves both communities. We have the same sewage system and sewage plant services, both communities,” said Crane. “Everything that we do we do together shoulder to shoulder so much, we have to wonder why are we duplicating all of these things.”Recommended from Editorial
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